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Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

Interrogating the Master Narrative of “My Family’s Slave”

June 2, 2017June 6, 2017 Premilla Nadasen Activism, racism, Resistance, slavery

Alex Tizon’s widely acclaimed article in The Atlantic about his family’s horrific abuse and exploitation of a domestic worker has

Measuring Racial Progress, Past and Present

June 1, 2017June 3, 2017 Greg Laski democracy, W.E.B. Du Bois

If the November 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency provided an occasion to measure the distance the United

Las Vegas Stadium – Future home of the Las Vegas Raiders.

On Government Handouts: Sports Stadiums or Schools?

May 31, 2017June 5, 2017 Guest Poster education, education reform, sports

*Co-authored by Justin Gomer and Jackson Hille This March, the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) finalized a

Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History